Anna Lee
Biography: Anna Lee, MBE (born Joan Boniface Winnifrith; 2 January 1913 – 14 May 2004) was a British actress. Lee married her first husband, the director Robert Stevenson, in 1933 and moved to Hollywood in 1939. She became a naturalised US citizen in 1945. In 1981, a car accident left her paralysed from the waist down. [biography (excerpted) from Wikipedia]
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: January 02, 1913
Deathday: May 14, 2004
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What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
1962-10-31
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
Overview: A former child star torments her paraplegic sister in their decaying Hollywood mansion.
Genres: Thriller Drama Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-10-31
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Mannequin
1933-12-06
Mannequin
Overview: 'Boxer leaves true love for society lady, but returns.' (British Film Catalogue)
Genres: Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-12-06
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The Man Who Changed His Mind
1936-09-11
The Man Who Changed His Mind
Overview: Dr. Laurence, a once-respectable scientist, begins to research the origin of the mind and the soul. The science community rejects him, and he risks losing everything for which he has worked. He begins to use his discoveries to save his research and further his own causes, thereby becoming... a Mad Scientist, almost unstoppable...
Genres: Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-09-11
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Hangmen Also Die!
1943-04-15
Hangmen Also Die!
Overview: During the Nazi occupation of Czechoslovakia, surgeon Dr. Franticek Svoboda, a Czech patriot, assassinates the brutal "Hangman of Europe", Reichsprotektor Reinhard Heydrich, and is wounded in the process. In his attempt to escape, he is helped by history professor Stephen Novotny and his daughter Mascha.
Genres: Drama Thriller War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-04-15
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The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
1947-05-25
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
Overview: A young British widow rents a seaside cottage and soon becomes haunted by the ghost of its former owner.
Genres: Romance Fantasy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-05-25
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Bedlam
1946-05-10
Bedlam
Overview: London, 1761. St. Mary's of Bethlehem, a sinister madhouse, is visited by wealthy people who enjoy watching the patients confined there as if they were caged animals. Nell Bowen, one of the visitors, is horrified by the deplorable living conditions of the unfortunate inhabitants of this godforsaken place, better known as Bedlam.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-05-10
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In Like Flint
1967-03-15
In Like Flint
Overview: Flint is again called out of retirement when his old boss finds that he seems to have missed 3 Minutes while golfing with the President. Flint finds that the President has been replaced by an actor (Flint's line [with a wistful look] is "An Actor as President?") Flint finds that a group of women have banded together to take over the world through subliminal brainwashing in beauty salons they own.
Genres: Action Adventure Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-03-15
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Jack the Giant Killer
1962-05-18
Jack the Giant Killer
Overview: The terrible and trecherous Pendragon plans to gain the throne of Cornwall by getting the king to abdicate and to marry his lovely daughter. To help him he has his dreadful witches in his castle and his almost unstoppable sorcery. A giant under his control abducts the princess, but on the way home with her the giant meets farming lad Jack who slays him. This is only the beginning.
Genres: Adventure Fantasy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-05-18
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The Crimson Kimono
1959-10-21
The Crimson Kimono
Overview: A Los Angeles detective and his Japanese partner woo an artist while solving a stripper's murder.
Genres: Romance Drama Crime Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-10-21
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Seven Sinners
1940-10-25
Seven Sinners
Overview: Banished from various U.S. protectorates in the Pacific, a saloon entertainer uses her femme-fatale charms to woo politicians, navy personnel, gangsters, riff-raff, judges and a ship's doctor in order to achieve her aims.
Genres: Adventure Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-10-25
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Flying Tigers
1942-10-08
Flying Tigers
Overview: Jim Gordon commands a unit of the famed Flying Tigers, the American Volunteer Group which fought the Japanese in China before America's entry into World War II. Gordon must send his outnumbered band of fighter pilots out against overwhelming odds while juggling the disparate personalities and problems of his fellow flyers.
Genres: Action Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-10-08
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How Green Was My Valley
1941-10-28
How Green Was My Valley
Overview: A man in his fifties reminisces about his childhood growing up in a Welsh mining village at the turn of the 20th century.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-10-28
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The Sound of Music
1965-03-29
The Sound of Music
Overview: In the years before the Second World War, a tomboyish postulant at an Austrian abbey is hired as a governess in the home of a widowed naval captain with seven children, and brings a new love of life and music into the home.
Genres: Drama Family Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-03-29
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Fort Apache
1948-06-14
Fort Apache
Overview: Owen Thursday sees his new posting to the desolate Fort Apache as a chance to claim the military honour which he believes is rightfully his. Arrogant, obsessed with military form and ultimately self-destructive, he attempts to destroy the Apache chief Cochise after luring him across the border from Mexico, against the advice of his subordinates.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-06-14
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King Solomon's Mines
1937-06-17
King Solomon's Mines
Overview: White hunter Allan Quartermain and his enigmatic guide help a young Irish woman locate her missing father in unexplored Darkest Africa.
Genres: Action Adventure Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-06-17
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Gideon's Day
1958-03-25
Gideon's Day
Overview: Scotland Yard Inspector George Gideon starts his day off on the wrong foot when he gets a traffic-violation ticket from a young police officer. From there, his 'typical day" consists in learning that one of his most-trusted detectives has accepted bribes; hunts an escaped maniac who has murdered a girl; tracks a young girl suspected of involvement in a payroll robbery and then helps break up a bank robbery.
Genres: Crime Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-03-25
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7 Women
1965-12-11
7 Women
Overview: In a mission in China in 1935, a group of women are preyed on by Mongolian bandits, led by Warlord chief Tunga Khan.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-12-11
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My Life with Caroline
1941-08-01
My Life with Caroline
Overview: A man thinks his high-spirited wife is cheating on him.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-08-01
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Summer Storm
1944-07-14
Summer Storm
Overview: It's a tale of power and passions when a Russian siren, who wants the finer things in life, sinks her hooks into a judge, a decadent aristocrat and an estate superintendent, with surprising results.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-07-14
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The Last Hurrah
1958-12-31
The Last Hurrah
Overview: In a changing world where television has become the main source of information, Adam Caulfield, a young sports journalist, witnesses how his uncle, Frank Skeffington, a veteran and honest politician, mayor of a New England town, tries to be reelected while bankers and captains of industry conspire in the shadows to place a weak and manageable candidate in the city hall.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-12-31
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Commandos Strike at Dawn
1942-12-30
Commandos Strike at Dawn
Overview: A gentle widower, enraged at Nazi atrocities against his peaceful Norwegian fishing village, escapes to Britain and returns leading a commando force against the oppressors.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-12-30
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For Those Who Think Young
1964-06-01
For Those Who Think Young
Overview: A wealthy young man tries to woo a university student, while her two uncles work to popularize a local club.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-06-01
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The Passing of the Third Floor Back
1935-09-01
The Passing of the Third Floor Back
Overview: The tenants of an old London boarding house spend their time in petty bickering and sniping until a mysterious stranger arrives at their door.
Genres: Drama Fantasy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-09-01
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Jet Over The Atlantic
1959-11-04
Jet Over The Atlantic
Overview: Director Byron Haskin's 1960 airplane-in jeopardy drama stars Guy Madison, Virginia Mayo, George Raft, Ilona Massey, Margaret Lindsay, George Macready, Brett Halsey, Anna Lee and Mary Anderson.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-11-04
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Flesh and Fantasy
1943-10-29
Flesh and Fantasy
Overview: Anthology film of three tales of the supernatural. The first story is set at the Mardi Gras in New Orleans. The second involves a psychic who predicts murder. The third is about a man who literally meets the girl of his dreams.
Genres: Mystery Romance Thriller Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-10-29
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Faces
1934-01-27
Faces
Overview: 'Suburban beautician almost elopes with rich client's husband.' (British Film Catalogue)
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-01-27
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First a Girl
1935-11-07
First a Girl
Overview: An aspiring singer quits her menial job and is talked into performing as a female impersonator by her friend. Her drag act makes her famous, which causes problems for her when a very determined young man falls in love with her. A remake of the 1933 German film Viktor und Viktoria.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-11-07
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Legend of the Northwest
1978-01-01
Legend of the Northwest
Overview: Set during the old west, Bearheart the dog witnesses his master, an old mountain man being murdered by bandits. Forced into the wilderness to survive on his own he meets a family who gives him friendship and a loving home.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-01-01
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O.H.M.S.
1937-01-01
O.H.M.S.
Overview: American racketeer Jimmie Dean travels to England, where he assumes the identity of a Canadian whom he has been falsely accused of murdering. Jimmie is then forced to join the British army in the dead man's place. He falls in love with the Canadian's childhood playmate, Sally Briggs, and becomes a hero after saving an isolated English colony in China.
Genres: Action Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-01-01
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The Four Just Men
1939-06-01
The Four Just Men
Overview: The Four Men of the title are British WWI veterans who decide to work secretly against enemies of the country. They aren't above a bit of murder or sabotage to serve their ends, but they consider themselves to be true patriots.
Genres: Thriller Mystery Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-06-01
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Prison Warden
1949-10-29
Prison Warden
Overview: The new warden of a bad prison finds his biggest problem is his wife.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-10-29
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Non-Stop New York
1937-09-13
Non-Stop New York
Overview: A young woman finds herself as the intended victim of a murder plot on a transatlantic flight from London to New York.
Genres: Drama Crime Thriller Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-09-13
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Return to Yesterday
1940-03-09
Return to Yesterday
Overview: Robert Maine is torn between returning to the glamour of Hollywood and working with a small theatre company in England.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-03-09
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The Horse Soldiers
1959-06-11
The Horse Soldiers
Overview: A Union Cavalry outfit is sent behind confederate lines in strength to destroy a rail supply center. Along with them is sent a doctor who causes instant antipathy between him and the commander. The secret plan for the mission is overheard by a southern belle who must be taken along to assure her silence.
Genres: Western War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-06-11
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The Big Night
1960-02-17
The Big Night
Overview: Big money means big crime in this noir drama following the exploits of Frankie (Randy Sparks), a young man who stumbles on a stash of cash and finds himself way in over his head during the course of one sordid evening filled with greed, lust and violence. The stolen money creates friction between Frankie and his girlfriend, Ellie (Venetia Stevenson), while Frankie must deal with school, his job and the true crooks on his tail.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-02-17
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Young Man's Fancy
1939-07-31
Young Man's Fancy
Overview: An aristocrat falls in love with a human cannonball
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-07-31
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Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star
2002-08-01
Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star
Overview: In this documentary on the life of Joan Crawford, we learn why she should be remembered as the great actress she was, and not only as "mommie dearest." caricature she has become. Friends, fellow actors, directors, and others reminisce about their association with her, and numerous film clips show off her talent from her start in silents to bad science fiction/horror movies at the end of her career.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-08-01
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The Camels Are Coming
1934-10-08
The Camels Are Coming
Overview: A British officer in the Camel Corps in Egypt goes undercover to investigate a gang of drug smugglers. He enlists the aid of a female pilot to help break up the gang.
Genres: Adventure Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-10-08
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The Night Rider
1979-05-11
The Night Rider
Overview: "The Mark of Zorro" was updated for this pilot for a prospective series that tells of a New Orleans gentleman who turns masked rider to fight for law and order and avenge his family's killing by four men who wanted their silver mine.
Genres: Action Adventure TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-05-11
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Two Rode Together
1961-05-24
Two Rode Together
Overview: Two tough westerners bring home a group of settlers who have spent years as Comanche hostages.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-05-24
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Picture Mommy Dead
1966-11-02
Picture Mommy Dead
Overview: Susan Shelley is released from an asylum where she's been confined to after the shock suffered over the fiery death of her mother. Her father has a new wife, who has only married him for the money left to him by his dead wife. Susan is still haunted by her mother's memory, and her step-mother is conspiring with her lover to get the troubled girl to lead them to her mother's missing diamond necklace.
Genres: Horror Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-11-02
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Heat Wave
1935-05-30
Heat Wave
Overview: Musical comedy telling the hilarious story of greengrocer Albert Speed’s (Albert Burdon) adventures with would-be revolutionaries in a mythical South American banana republic. He becomes mistaken for a gun-runner, and problems arise when Albert begins using the names of vegetables as code words for weapons and ammunition that they are smuggling! Albert saves not only his own skin, but also those of the Presidente and his attractive daughter.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-05-30
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G.I. War Brides
1946-08-12
G.I. War Brides
Overview: Linda Powell, and English girl, stows away on a ship bound for the United States in order to join the G.I. she loves. She assumes the identity of an English war bride, Joyce Giles, who has decided she no longer loves the American soldier she married and is not going to join him in the U.S. Linda arrives to find that her soldier no longer wishes to marry her...
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-08-12
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Listen to Me
1989-05-05
Listen to Me
Overview: It was the best time of their lives. A kid from Oklahoma. An immigrant's daughter. A senator's son, a society girl, and a college professor with a dream. They had one thing in common...the will to win. A group of college debaters learn about the world, friendships, love, dreams and family.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-05-05
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The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
1962-04-13
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Overview: Questions arise when Senator Stoddard attends the funeral of a local man named Tom Doniphon in a small Western town. Flashing back, we learn Doniphon saved Stoddard, then a lawyer, when he was roughed up by a crew of outlaws terrorizing the town, led by Liberty Valance. As the territory's safety hung in the balance, Doniphon and Stoddard, two of the only people standing up to him, proved to be very important, but different, foes to Valance.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-04-13
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Best Man Wins
1948-05-06
Best Man Wins
Overview: Jim Smiley has a frog that can jump further than anyone else's frog, and Jim becomes obsessed with entering the frog in all of the local jumping-frog contests, not realizing that his obsession is about to cost him his marriage.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-05-06
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Forever and a Day
1943-01-21
Forever and a Day
Overview: In World War II, American Gates Trimble Pomfret is in London during the Blitz to sell the ancestral family house. The current tenant, Leslie Trimble, tries to dissuade him from selling by telling him the 140-year history of the place and the connections between the Trimble and Pomfret families.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-01-21
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The Unsinkable Molly Brown
1964-06-11
The Unsinkable Molly Brown
Overview: The buoyant Molly Brown has survived the first crisis of her life—a flood. Sixteen years later she sets out to make her way in the world. She assures the Leadville saloon keeper that she can sing and play the piano, and learns quickly. Soon she marries Johnny Brown, who in a few years will be able to replace the original cigar wrapper wedding ring with a replica in gold and gemstones. The Browns head for Europe and bring a few crowned heads back to Denver for a party that turns into a ballroom brawl. Molly goes to Europe alone, returning on the Titanic. She didn't survive a flood as a baby for the story to end here.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-06-11
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Ebb Tide
1932-02-16
Ebb Tide
Overview: A sailor falls in love with a woman he meets at the dockside, but is deeply conflicted because his former lover is in prison.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-02-16
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The Beasts Are on the Streets
1978-05-18
The Beasts Are on the Streets
Overview: Panic grips a small community after a tanker truck crashes through a fence at a wild animal park, freeing dozens of dangerous beasts.
Genres: Thriller TV Movie Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-05-18
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His Lordship
1932-06-02
His Lordship
Overview: The commoner is a happy cockney plumber by the name of Bert Gibbs. Bert comes into contact with the celebrated Russian movie star Ilya Myona. Desperate for publicity and aware that nobility make for good copy, Ilya persuades Bert to pose as her fiancé (with the possibility of persuading him to go through with the marriage if need be). Things are complicated by a pair of anarchic Bolsheviks, one of whom has a daughter named Lenina who knows Bert from his plumber days and is quite in love with him.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-06-02
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Beverly Hills Brats
1989-10-06
Beverly Hills Brats
Overview: A rich young boy arranges to be kidnapped so he'll get more attention from his parents.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-10-06
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My Darling Daughters' Anniversary
1973-11-08
My Darling Daughters' Anniversary
Overview: In this sequel, the daughters' anniversary present is the news that their widowed father is about to get remarried.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-11-08
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Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years
1977-03-13
Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years
Overview: The story of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt during their 12-year stay at the White House.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-03-13
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What Can I Do?
1993-01-01
What Can I Do?
Overview: An elderly woman in New York City has a group of dinner guests over to her apartment one evening, and describes the difficulties of her life and her family relationships.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-01-01
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This Earth Is Mine
1959-07-08
This Earth Is Mine
Overview: Set during the Prohibition era, when wine makers were financially challenged and had to decide whether or not they wanted to cooperate with bootleggers to survive.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-07-08
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High Conquest
1947-06-21
High Conquest
Overview: Love and adventure on the Matterhorn mountain.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-06-21
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Backstory: 'How Green Was My Valley'
2000-10-14
Backstory: 'How Green Was My Valley'
Overview: Documentary about how the creative energies of Darryl F. Zanuck and John Ford combined to forge an enduring masterpiece despite the challenges of wartime production.
Genres: Documentary Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-10-14
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The King's Cup
1933-02-02
The King's Cup
Overview: 'Romance set around the famous air race in which a girl helps a nervous pilot to victory.' (British Film Institute)
Genres: Adventure Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-02-02
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Lucky Loser
1934-03-01
Lucky Loser
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-03-01
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Rolling in Money
1934-08-20
Rolling in Money
Overview: An impoverished duchess arranges a marriage for her daughter to a wealthy working-class London barber.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-08-20
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Oliver and the Artful Dodger
1972-08-21
Oliver and the Artful Dodger
Overview: An animated sequel to the story of "Oliver Twist". Oliver is adopted by Mr. Brownlow. When Mr. Brownlow dies, his will cannot be found so his nephew Sniperly tries to just take the money. Oliver has to stop him. Meanwhile, Artful Dodger now helps children escape from workhouses.
Genres: Animation Adventure Drama Family TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-08-21
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